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Node Module for Detecting Modified Core WordPress Files
Modifying core WordPress files is a quick way to introduce security vulnerabilities, break your site, and break future updates. From the perspective of a developer, nothing is worse than searching through a theme and plugins for a problem only to discover a previous developer modified a core WordPress file an introduced a bug. I wrote…
Granularly Manage Per-Post Access with Editorial Access Manager Plugin
Given the unmet need to allow users only access to edit specific pieces of content, I created a simple plugin called Editorial Access Manager. By default in WordPress, we can create users and assign them to roles. Roles are automatically assigned certain capabilities. However, sometimes default roles are not enough, and we have one-off situations.…
Introducing Post Customizer
10up just released a new plugin called the Post Customizer. I, along with John James Jacoby, John Bloch, Drew Jaynes, and Carl Danley led the charge on the plugin. The idea of the plugin is to mimic the theme customizer for posts. The plugin adds functionality that displays an overlay when you click “Preview” within…
Safe Redirect Manager
Hey Everyone! I wanted to let everyone know about a new WordPress plugin called Safe Redirect Manager. I am one of the main developers of this plugin, and it has just been released on WordPress.org along with WordPress.com VIP (which is quite a special honor). So what is the difference between this plugin and all…